Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe and some premature claims about the MLS

Be honest, when you first read Ryan Nelson’s comments about Jermain Defoe two days ago, you knew that some wag in the media would try to make a transfer story out of it, didn’t you?

…and hats-off to Darren Lewis, who is the first to do just that:

“Jermain Defoe has received a whopping £5million-a-year offer to quit Spurs for Major League Soccer in January.

Toronto FC have put a stunning package - including £90,000-a-week in salary - on the table to try to tempt the “incredible” England striker away from the White Hart Lane club.

They face competition from Queens Park Rangers, however, with Harry Redknapp set make a renewed bid to persuade the 31-year-old to join their Championship promotion push.”

(Mirror)

So, Defoe has gone from texting Nelson to ‘£5m offer’ in the space of just forty-eight hours? That’s very impressive.

I’m not going to outwardly accuse Lewis of making anything up, but maybe have a look at his recent batch of exclusives: Manuel Pellegrini ‘LYING’ to Manchester City players about a Manchester United result, Andros Townsend earning ‘TEN TIMES’ less than Emmanuel Adebayor…it’s all been a bit thin on the ground for Darren lately, so he probably needed something which was going to attract some clicks.